Salutes for CSUF recruits
At ceremony before Angels
game, students and cadets
reaffirm oaths to U.S. Army

“They get the chance to talk to people whoʼve
been on the same boat as them and so the
recruits wonʼt feel like they are doing this
alone,” Rodriguez said.
The new recruits that Rodriguez arrived with
are high school seniors ready to graduate and go
By LISAJOYCE VERGARA
to basic training.
Daily Titan Staff
“Itʼs a good feeling to be here. People Iʼve
Angel Stadium was overtaken by an “Army met at this event were very helpful and informaof One” as Cal State Fullertonʼs ROTC and the tive about what I should expect in the Army,”
Fullerton Recruiting Company were honored in said Martin Martinez, a 17-year-old student at
center field just before the Angels took on the Anaheim High School.
Texas Rangers on Thursday.
Esmeralda Cueva, 17, from Horizon High
Cadets and future soldiers had the chance to School in Anaheim went to the event to socialreaffirm their Army oath before the crowd of ize with people in the Army and to relieve her
36,588 fans. Lt. Col. William Howard was in shyness talking with Army affiliates.
Cueva was planning to go to college and
charge of administering the oath of enlistments.
decided the Army was the way
“It was a great opportunity to recognize future offito do it.
We need more
cers and soldiers that are
“The Army pays for everything, and I get to do something
getting ready to serve our
young people to
for myself that I feel proud of,”
great nation,” Howard said.
be cadets and do
Cueva said. “I havenʼt had that
“It was a great success to
what you’re doing
push to go to college until I
see the many future soldiers
for this great
learned of the Armyʼs great benand cadets on the field. The
nation.
efits. I decided on my own to be
crowdʼs response was posiTracy Cutler
tive.”
successful in life.”
Fullerton Recruiting Company
Roberta Rikli, dean for
A brief recognition took place
the College of Health and
to honor cadets who received
Human Development, was
scholarships. Then, special
present in witnessing the oath.
thanks were given to those who contributed to
“I was extremely proud to be a part of this the event. Sgt. Tracy Cutler, from the Fullerton
ceremony,” Rikli said. “I am thankful that we Recruiting Company, was one of the honorees.
have young men and women who are willing
“This event was a personal thing from the
to dedicate their lives to this important service bottom of my heart,” Cutler said. “We need
to our country and am proud to have the ROTC more young people to be cadets and do what
program as part of the College of Health and youʼre doing for this great nation. Now letʼs go
Human Development.”
out to the field and make it happen.”
Prior to the ceremony – under the Big A
After the order, troops marched out from the
– cadets and recruiting officers gathered for to Big A into the stadium in preparation for the cermeet and greet. It was a colorful atmosphere, emony. The color guards bore flags and rifles,
with uniforms of all designs and colors. There and the cadets and newly enlisted recruits strode
with a sense of pride.
were box loads of pizza and chicken.
During the national anthem, the participants
Cadet Mariana Bernardo, a freshman majoring in criminal justice, was excited to take part. were shown on the screen.
“Weʼre here to give moral support to the
Throughout the third and fourth inning,
newly recruited cadets. Our jobs as potential CSUF and the Fullerton Recruiting Company
officers is to make them feel comfortable since conducted an Army pushup challenge. For one
we know what itʼs like because weʼve experi- minute, Angels fans, first men and then women,
enced it before,” Bernardo said.
competed for autographed Angels memorabilia.
Edgar Rodriguez, a recruiting officer from
“The cadet command did a great job putting
the Anaheim Recruiting station, brought his this event together,” said Josh Carlson, the cadet
new recruits with him to get familiarized with squad leader, who came to the event on his day
other soldiers.
off to support his CSUF battalion.

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Cadets Jeff Griswold and Natalie Tasch take part in the pre-game ceremony to honor
CSUF’s ROTC program Thursday night at Angels Stadium. (Cadets James Griffith and
Frederick Do are hidden behind the flag of the United States.

The event, sponsored by companies including
Metrolink, Southwest Airlines and Hyatt, gives alternative-transportation-seekers a chance to win a different prize each day of the week. Winnings include a 91
Express Lanes pass good for one year, 50 car wash
coupons courtesy of Beacon Bay, and a Southwest
By AARON BONK
Airlines roundtrip airfare valued at $400. Participants
Daily Titan Staff
can fill out an application and enter to win from Oct.
The disproportionate amount of single drivers 3 to 7 at www.octa.net.
versus carpoolers is seldom more evident than when
But OCTA is not limiting Rideshare Weekʼs scope
standing at the corner of Nutwood and Commonwealth simply to carpooling. The organization, which also
avenues just around 9 a.m. Sport-utilsupervises Metrolink and owns the
ity vehicles make their way into Lot
91 Express Lanes, is encouraging
E. They arrive by the dozen – most
Orange County residents to try any
There’s no reason
transporting only solo drivers.
alternative form of transportation,
for two cars to sit
The reasons not to carpool seem
including commuter trains, buses and
on the 22 Freeway
bicycles.
endless: the inconvenience, the hassle, the schedule conflicts, the inflexPascal Gyger, CSUF freshman
and then ... search
ibility; there are hundreds more,
geology
major, is among the many
for a parking
many of which are likely used by
campus commuters who opt for bicyspace.
cling over driving.
Cal State Fullerton students.
Ryan Francisco
“I came down from Northern
The Orange County Transportation
Student carpooler
California without a car, but riding
Authority aims to put an end to the
my bike is much more convenient
excuses. Oct. 3 marks the beginning of the transportation authorityʼs
anyways,” he said.
annual Rideshare Week – an event that promotes
Gyger also pointed out the money he saves on parkcarpooling and other forms of alternative transporta- ing and gas and the convenience of not having to hunt
tion but that offers more than just some seat time in for a parking space.
someone elseʼs ride.
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in our best efforts to try to help as
many people as we could.”
Alton said the best way to help
was to put on a fundraiser. So
far, the organizations have raised
$1,700.
By DIANIKA ABBOTT
“We donʼt have a set amount; we
Daily Titan Staff
just want to raise as much money as
Though the immediate disaster of possible,” he said.
Hurricane Katrina may be over, the
Candelaria said this event not
aftermath is far greater than anyone only benefits the Hurricane Katrina
may have anticipated.
victims but also helps provide a
Millions of men, women and sense of community.
children are with“Not only do
out food, clothing
we need to donate
... my heart
and shelter – the
money, we also
bare necessities.
have to increase
immediately
Thatʼs why sevconsciousness,”
went out to all the
eral black clubs
Candelaria said.
people who had
and
organiza“If we can crelost everything.
tions have banded
ate consciousness with all of
together to bring
Ryan Taylor
the
AfricanOperation Water
CSUF freshman
American stuRelief to Cal State
dents on campus,
Fullerton. Theyʼve
more people will
placed a table and
two 5-gallon water jugs, which be inclined to help out.”
Alston said he gives volunteers
await donations, in the Quad.
This three-week relief drive – credit for the eventʼs success.
“We presented the idea at the
sponsored by the National Society
of Black Engineers, the Afro-Ethnic black [club and organization] mixer
Student Association, the Alliance and people came together in a strong
for the Preservation of African effort to help us,” he said. “We had
Consciousness, SisterTalk, and var- people who werenʼt a part of the
ious black fraternities and sororities various clubs donating their time to
– is an endeavor to raise money to sit in the Quad and help.”
donate to the American Red Cross.
Ryan Taylor, a freshman, knew
Joshua Candelaria, secretary of he wanted to help the victims and
the Afro-Ethnic Student Association decided to help the organizationsʼ
and a psychology major, said it is relief efforts.
imperative for people to contribute
“When I first heard about the
to the relief fund.
disaster, my heart immediately
“Itʼs a major tragedy, and the went out to all the people who had
people can use all the help and sup- lost everything; it was devastating,”
port they can get,” Candelaria said. said Taylor, who is double majoring
The National Society of Black in French and Japanese. “How can
Engineersʼ vice president, Michael we help others if we are not strong
Alston, said the organization felt enough to help our own communities? We need [to] give financially
compelled to help.
“Thatʼs why we immediately so that we can help jump start their
outlined a proposal and presented lives.”
Alston said the clubs and organito our club members and the various other clubs and organizations,” zation are trying to find other ways
Alston said. “We knew that it was to help.

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Today: ASI will be hosting
Monday Night Football at the
TSU Underground. For more
information contact (714) 2782144.
Sept. 27 to Sept. 29: The
Society of Health Professionals
Association will be hosting a
blood drive in the TSU to help
benefit Katrina Victims.

Gulf Coast emerges from battering
PERRY, La. – For the storm-shattered Gulf Coast, the images were
all too familiar: Tiny fishing villages in splinters, refrigerators and
coffins bobbing in floodwaters. Helicopters and rescue boats making
house-to-house searches of residents stranded on the rooftops. But as
the misery wrought by Hurricane Rita came into clearer view – particularly in the hard-to-reach marsh towns along the Texas-Louisiana
line – the lasting signs that emerged a day after the stormʼs 120-mph
landfall were of an epic evacuation that saved countless lives, and of
destruction that fell short of the Katrina-sized fears.

Sept. 29: The Career Center
will be sponsoring a Graduate
and Professional School Fair.
For more information call (714)
278-3121.
Sept. 28 to Sept. 29: Take
a guided tour through various
haunted digs in Fullerton.
Explore the Plummer Auditorium,
the basement hallways of the
Fullerton Police Department and
other scary haunts. Cost is $12.
For more information please
contact the Fullerton Museum
Center.

Hurricane exposes evacuation problems
WASHINGTON – The 14-hour lines of traffic fleeing Houston
– complete with cars that ran out of gas – show that four years after the
Sept. 11 attacks, it is difficult to evacuate a major metropolitan area.
Experts say the consequences could be far more deadly in the event of
a radiological or other terrorist strike.

Israel Kills Militant Chief in Offensive

Sept. 29: M Cabaret presents
a night of murder, mystery and
dinning at the Maverick Theater
in Downtown Fullerton. The
show starts is from 7:30 p.m. 10
p.m. for more information call
(714) 526-7070.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel pressed forward with a broad
offensive against Islamic militants on Sunday, killing an Islamic Jihad
commander in a pinpoint air strike in the Gaza Strip and rounding up
more than 200 wanted Palestinians. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised to use “all means” against the militants, and Hamas later said it
would halt rocket fire. Early Monday, the Israeli military carried out
two air strikes in Gaza.

Sept. 30: “An Evening of
Song” with CSUF Vocal Faculty
and Friends will be held at the
Performing Arts Centerʼs Recital
Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20
($12 with advanced Titan discount, $9 with advance CSUF
student discount.) For more information call (714) 278-3371.

At least 24 killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr ambushed an Iraqi patrol in an eastern Baghdad slum Sunday,
and U.S. forces joined the 90-minute battle, killing as many as eight
attackers in the first significant violence in the neighborhood in nearly
a year. Elsewhere in Baghdad, armed men pulled off a daring armored
car robbery, killing two guards and escaping with $850,000, and a
suicide car bomber slammed into a convoy carrying Interior Ministry
commandos, killing seven of them and two civilians.

Sept. 30: The Cal State
Fullerton Big Band performs
at the Brea Jazz Festival in
Downtown Brea. For more information visit www.ci.brea.ca.us.

Nation
Big Easy clean-up resumes after Rita
NEW ORLEANS – The mammoth tasks of restoring power to much of
New Orleans and removing heaps of debris, interrupted when Hurricane
Rita rammed the Gulf Coast, resumed Sunday as the mayor pushed his
plan to reopen parts of the city this week.Even those areas newly flooded
this weekend by Rita could be pumped dry again within a week after
levee damage is repaired, far sooner than initially predicted, a U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers spokesman said Sunday.
“All indications are all operations are getting back to normal,” said
Ted Monette, deputy federal coordinating officer for Katrina recovery.
Monette said federal officials had been coordinating with Mayor Ray
Naginʼs effort to begin allowing evacuated residents to return and were
supportive of his plan.

Peace demonstrators march near Disneyland on Saturday. The Orange County Peace Coalition
sponsored the march, which went through Anaheim. More than 150 demonstrators walked in the
march, which began at Stoddard Park and included a demonstration at Katella Avenue and Harbor
Boulevard.

cer logged incident only.
9/20 03:11
Fullerton police assistedAnaheim
police in pursuit at N. State College
Blvd an Commonwealth.
9/21 10:26
Suspicious package containing
a laptop was left in a classroom at
Langsdorf Hall. Officers checked
package and everything okay.
9/22 19:51
A car was vandalized at College
Park on Nutwood Ave. and win-

Sept. 30 to Oct. 23: “Some
Americans Abroad” by Richard
Nelson will be playing at the Arena
Theater of the CSUF Performing
Arts Center. Call (714) 278-3371
for specific dates, times and ticket
prices.

dow possibly smashed. A report
was taken.
9/24 22:29
Blue phone emergency call
received from Lot C on N. State
College Blvd. No ones voice was
heard. Police were unable to locate
caller or any suspicious activity.
9/25 02:32
A golf cart with flashers crashed
into bushes. Police was contacted
by a grad student walking between
McCarthy Hall on N. State College
Blvd. Report was taken by police.

Those who havenʼt attended Cal
State Fullertonʼs Irvine Campus
have no idea how small it really
is. One building, 21 classrooms
and more than 3,000 students can
make for a pretty stuffy learning
experience. The redevelopment
of Irvine Campusʼ surrounding
areas, the El Toro Marine Corps
Air Station, will greatly effect
studentsʼ lives on and off campus,
allowing them to relax between
classes and to enjoy the natural
charm that is planned for the
Orange County Great Park.
Although the park will not be
finished for at least five years, the
Great Park board will choose a
designer as early as October, the
Orange County Great Park Corp.
has been urging Irvine Campus
students and Orange County residents to involve themselves in a
landmark that will become one of
the largest metropolitan parks in
the nation.
From May to June, the corporation encouraged county residents, leaders and organizations
to voice their opinions of what
they would like to see in the
Great Park through board meetings, surveys and online polls.
The corporation found that many
residents desired open fields, gardens, public swimming and sports
facilities. This completed phase
one of the parkʼs development.
“I would like to feel that I can
own part of this place,” Shane
Yates of Foothill Ranch said. “I
think that cafes … and the places
for meeting people for just socializing, and parks with the benches
facing each other for conversation, chess, and whatever it is that
draws people from different cultures together is very important.”
Phase two began with the selec-

tion of seven world-renowned
design firms to compete to be the
Great Parkʼs master designer. The
information from phase one was
presented to each of the firms,
and each firm was given $50,000
to “think outside the box” and
design a Great Park plan.
“We had a jury of experts
select the design finalists from
approximately 30 statements of
qualification and a second jury
review the submittals of the seven
finalists,” said Glen Worthington,
Great Park environmental manager. “All of these professionals
have spoken positively about the
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I would like to feel
that I can own part
of this place ...
whatever it is that
draws people ...
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on the project, and specifically
about the submittals that are currently under review.”
Each design firm has presented
its view of what the Great Park
should be.
“A park needs to reflect the
values of this community,” said
Manuela Anne King, architect
for Royston Hanamoto Alley and
Abey. “And thatʼs another thing I
find so incredibly exciting about
this particular project.”
Great Park design firm Abalos
& Herreros of Madrid envision
many water facilities in its plan
for the Great Park. They mapped
large, circular pools of various
sizes in an asymmetrical arrangement alongside a large, modern
water canal for swimming and
rowing.
Design firm Ken Smith
Landscape Architect of New
York foresees wetlands, lakes,
ponds and an indoor Olympic-

size swimming pool.
Another firmʼs plan includes
very few water amenities within
the park – only a shallow water
mirror along one section of the
former El Toro runway.
Other firms visualize a very
natural park, with natural-looking
lakes, marshes and hiking trails.
The firms also dreamed up
unique attractions.
“Our direction to the master
design finalists was to create an
integrated design for the public spaces,” Worthington said.
“Some took that direction more
liberally than others.”
Ken Smith Landscape Architect
advocated its idea of three large,
orange hot air balloons tied to
the ground so visitors could look
down on the park from a birdseye view. These balloons would
also act as Great Park icons to be
seen from afar.
King said her firm plans to
work with scientific artist Ned
Kahn to create unique icons
throughout the park, including a
fog forest. The forest would consist of a grid of tubes that emit a
fog visitors can walk through to
cool off on a hot day.
“We also feel there is a strong
need to memorialize the veterans,” King said. “It really represents, in some way symbolically, the people, the veterans
themselves and the spirit of the
veterans.”
Her firm also plans to employ a
bike-checkout system, similar to
a libraryʼs checkout system. The
bikes would be free to rent and
enjoy throughout the day, as long
as theyʼre returned.
“The park is filled with activities,” King said. “Activities for
the body, for the mind, and for
nature.”
Because the public voiced its
desire for metropolitan and natural divisions of the park, the
firms all included outdoor sports
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On a quiet Friday evening on campus, an off-road race with motorcycles, trophy-trucks and Volkswagen
Beetles took place.
The TV Film Society hosted
a screening Friday of “Dust to
Glory,” a documentary film about
the Baja 1000 off-road race in Baja
California. Documentary filmmaker
Dana Brown was the guest of honor,
as he came for the end of the show
and after-show interviews.
The film played in the Titan
Theater of the Titan Student Union
for an audience of about 40. The
film covered the entire race of the
Baja 1000 from start to finish. Told
through the eyes of the participants,
“Dust to Glory” uncovers the dangerous terrain, the nervous riders
and the happy faces after the race.
“Iʼm a big fan of nonfiction,”
Brown said during the questionand-answer session that took place
in the On the Edge studio.
Brown, who aspired to become a
filmmaker when he was young, said
his dad – a filmmaker who made the
film “Honest Sunday” – influenced
him.
Brown said he never knew about
the races until Mike “Mouse”
McCoy, a participant in the Baja
1000, informed him about them.
“The more I thought about it …
the race had a story built in,” Brown
said. “Itʼs got a beginning, middle
and an end. Itʼs a one-of-a-kind race,
where anybody can enter.”

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Documentary filmmaker Dana Brown meets with students and members of the TV Film Society. His film, “Dust to Glory,” was shown in the
Titan Student Union on Friday. Brown stayed after the screening for a
question-and-answer session.
The Orange County native
described the costs of making the
film as well as the conditions faced
in Baja California.
Brown said it took $1 million to
make the film, and it took a year to
make the final cut. He also said how
the race took place in November, a
time when conditions were harsh in
the desert, with temperatures dropping below 32 degrees.
Although the Baja California
climate was somewhat severe, he
knew there was a story in the race
that had to be told.
“We went down to watch the Baja
500,” Brown said. “Once you see it,
itʼs obviously a movie.”
Rene Hernandez, a member of
the TV Film Society, was present
during the screening and the interviews session.
He said he found out about
the screening when the club came
around to his class to announce the

event.
“I thought it was a rush,”
Hernandez said. “The way he
[established] the camerawork in
the film makes the audience feel
almost in a three-dimensional depth.
It makes you feel like you were on
that bike or in the car.”
Hernandez, a senior, said he
watched it out of curiosity because
his friends also talked about the
movie.
“I had to come see [the film]
because I wanted to see the character that was in my movie and his
movie,” Hernandez said. “I watched
the whole film, and it was phenomenal.”
Brown calls his films everybodyʼs
films, with no particular audience
focus.
“To me, documentary film is just
anything thatʼs real, to be honest,”
Brown said, “I donʼt think [of] it as
much more.”

A petite cartoon girl raises both
middle fingers as her eyebrows furrow into a scowl thatʼs partially
covered by the buttoned blazer Lela
Lee wore. Meet the comic heroine,
Kim, Leeʼs Angry Little Asian Girl,
who can be found on T-shirts, on
tote bags and in the book and comics “Angry Little Girls.”
In Kimʼs world, her parents
expect her to be the perfect daughter, and people stereotype her as the
typical Asian girl. All of this infuriates her, and it infuriated Lee, the
creator of the comics and the book.
Thursday, Lee discussed her
book with a group of about 30 at
a speech and book signing held
in the Japanese American National
Museum in Los Angeles.
“Sheʼs incredibly creative and
speaks both in and out of the Asian
community about issues that are
really human, sometimes painful,”
said Sabrina Motley, the museumʼs
director of public programs. “Thatʼs
a rare, wonderful gift.”
The issues Motley spoke of
include stereotypes about the Asian
culture or women and with universal feelings such as discontent,
depression or happiness.
Each of Leeʼs characters exemplifies one of these emotions. For
instance, the main character, Kim,
tends to go against her parentsʼ cultural traditions and the worldʼs stereotypes of her. There is Deborah,
the girl with money and beauty but
who canʼt find happiness.
Kim is cynical and mad at the
world. The character shouts, curses,
cries, and above all, deals with life
in a blunt but humorous manner.
“Sheʼs funny and pretty

straight forward,” said Yutti
Jirachachavalwong, a Pasadena
City College student who had her
book signed and had her picture
taken with Lee. “Her bookʼs cool.
It kind of reminds me of my own
house, my own family, and I can
relate to it.”
Originally, the comic started as a
way for Lee to express her frustrations about the world.
“I guess the straw that broke
my back,” Lee said of the comicʼs
beginning, “was when I went to

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this film festival, and all the films
were chauvinist and racist. So my
friend challenged me to make my
own cartoon.”
With a set of Crayola markers
and typing paper, Lee went on to
draw her comics and turned it into
a short film that she did not show
to anyone until after she graduated
from UC Berkeley.
She received positive reviews
after her friends submitted her film
to newspapers, and Lee decided she
might have something.
After successfully selling out
of a batch of T-shirts, Lee started
a Web site, www.angrylittlegirls.
com. Through the Internet, she has
sold products and has featured her
comics weekly.
She later tried to submit her work
to newspapers and book publishers
but only received rejection letters.
“MTV told me itʼs really cute but
thereʼs no market for Asians,” Lee

told the audience. “That excuse,
that reason that they gave me was
fuel for the fire.”
Though many associate Lee with
a feminist or Asian-American agenda, she said the comics represent
neither of those views in absolute
terms.
“Iʼm not really either of those
things in the general, stereotypical
way,” Lee said. “I just want to be
able to express those parts of me
as well.”
An audience member at the book
signing asked why Lee didnʼt add
“American” to the “Asian” in the
“Angry Little Asian Girl” title.
Lee was silent for several seconds
before responding, “ʼCause itʼs too
long.”
“It wasnʼt a conscious political
name. Youʼre almost driving home
the point that youʼre not a foreigner. It should be evident that Iʼm
Asian,” Lee said. “Yeah, I speak
English. [Asian-American] presses
it to the point that it makes the noninclusion more apparent.”
Many of the issues posed in Leeʼs
comics are themes discussed in Cal
State Fullertonʼs Asian-American
Studies program or at the Womenʼs
Center, where students learn to confront similar stereotypes.
A campus Asian and Pacific
Islander discussion group talks
about time management, relationships and cultural issues.
“Thereʼs a balance between culture and society,” said Rosalina
Camacho, the centerʼs coordinator, “and we are continually talking
about this with students. We are
constantly asking students to look at
how they balance the two.”
Constructively using balance and
lifeʼs frustrations is something Lee
said she learned over time.
“I have better control of my
anger,” she said. “If something is
unusual, Iʼll step outside of it as a
third person. Before, I was a little
angry in reacting to everything.”

Officials: Details of
emergency response
still in development
By JORDAN MASTAGNI
Daily Titan Staff

Itʼs another typical day with
students sitting in Cal State
Fullerton classes waiting for the
big test to begin.
Some are confident, some are
very nervous. As the last test is
handed out, all of a sudden the
lights go out.
The fire bell starts ringing
repugnantly.
Explosions
appear outside
the window.
People
are
fleeing out into
the Quad trampling
others,
while the students remaining
inside the classroom are screaming and crying in
sheer terror.
Whatʼs next?
Are students
prepared for a
disaster the likes
of Katrina?
The Fullerton
Fire Department
and neighborhood watch met
last week to
discuss issues
of evacuation
in case a catastrophe, similar
to
Hurricane
Katrina, were to
hit.
Wolfgang Knabe, Fullertonʼs
new fire chief, has been in town
for two months and the work is
piling up.
There is no evacuation plan
set in stone yet, but the fire chief
is working diligently with his
crew and the city to safeguard
citizens in case of emergency.
“Itʼs going to take a lot of
time and it will not happen overnight,” said Knabe.
Fred Johnson, president of the
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ganized recreation, modern symbolic icons throughout the park, and
museums and learning centers.
“We are confident that the Great
Park will serve the needs of a regional audience and contribute in a positive manner to the quality of life
in Orange County,” Worthington
said. “It will be a place where peo-

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CSUFʼs parking and transportation services and the Web site
www.commutesmart.info provide
resources for would-be carpoolers.
The universityʼs parking and
transportation services Web site
features an online message board
for students, faculty and staffers
seeking carpool partners.
The board offers regional postings so users need only click on
their city of origin to locate a
match.
CSUF also offers incentives
to those within the campus com-

and CSUF physics professor, is
extremely concerned with the
safety of citizens and has made
it his goal in preparing citizens
for when a disaster strikes.
“This has been our major mission: that each local block is
self-sustained and organized,
ready for emergencies and survival,” Johnson said.
Johnson feels citizens of
Fullerton are not prepared
for a disaster the magnitude
of Katrina, and he is working
hard with other organizations
to ensure that residents possess
basic knowledge of evacuation

procedures.
“Our window for preparation
is very small and citizens of
Fullerton are completely unprepared,” Johnson said.
Quentin Frazier, emergency
management coordinator for
CSUF, feels the university is
ready for all types of potential
dangers.
“We are prepared for both natural and man-made disasters,”
Frazier said.
Frazier feels that other than

the threat of earthquakes and
fires; hazardous material leakage is possible because the 57
Freeway, train station and the
science lab are all possibly
harmful.
“The goal is not to evacuate
but to get students into buildings with no outside toxic fumes
accessible to the inside,” Frazier
said.
Do students have too much
on their minds to worry about
evacuation procedures? With
only two emergency drills per
year, some feel a lack of preparedness.
“I donʼt think
people would know
what to do in an
emergency,” said
Karyn Hernandez,
public
relations
major.
Hernandez worries about the crime
that is involved after
major tragedies like
Katrina.
“If a disaster like
Katrina were to happen here, all I would
need is a gun, bike,
water and some toilet paper and Iʼll be
fine,” Hernandez
said.
Hernandez feels
the university has
not done a good job
in educating students on emergency
response.
“Someone should
post signs around
campus on where to
go in case of emerClipart.com
gency,” Hernandez
said.
The campus Web site offers
an emergency preparedness link
that is very detailed and includes
an emergency operations plan
which details the procedure and
protocol of evacuation and lists
essentials that should be stored
away.
The Web site also provides
information on how to care for
pets, and basically everything
one would need in case of emergency.

ple will come to play, to relax and to
enjoy a park experience on a grand
scale.”
The Irvine Campus is located in
what the city calls the Education
District of the Great Park, and what
Heritage Fields calls the Life Long
Learning District.
However, no designer has incorporated an education district within
its design plans.
“When the board has selected

the master designer, we will work
collaboratively with Heritage Fields
LLC, the successful bidder for
the entire base, to fit the concept
into a mutually beneficial plan,”
Worthington said.
County residents can vote for
their favorite designs online at www.
ocgp.org and voice their opinions at
the next Great Park board meeting,
which will be held Wednesday at
the Irvine City Council Chambers.

munity who take advantage of
alternative transportation, according to Lupe Briseno Jara, CSUF
Transportation Programs Manager.
Discounted Metrolink and Amtrak
fares, as well as free OCTA and
Metropolitan
Transportation
Authority bus passes, are available to students, faculty and staff
members.
Faculty and staff members may
also receive additional benefits,
including a $30 bicycle tune-up
reimbursement and cash incentives
for recruiting co-workers to leave
their cars at home and try an alternative form of transportation.
Commutesmart.info is simi-

lar but allows users to search for
carpoolers headed to destinations
other than CSUF.
The group provides resources
to link up carpoolers all across
Southern California.
Junior communications major,
Tracy Thomas and junior computer
science major, Ryan Francisco carpool together regularly.
“Heʼs too cheap to buy his own
parking permit so we carpool
together,” Thomas said jokingly.
“I pay for the gas though,”
Francisco said. “Thereʼs no reason
for two cars to sit in gridlock on the
22 Freeway and then get to school
and search for a parking spot.”

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SOCCER

The Falcons came right back
at the Titans when junior forward
from page 8
Damon Wong scored in the 71st
minute by rebounding his first shot minute off an assist from junior
- which hit the goalpost - and kick- midfielder Duncan McNabb.
ing it into the net.
Both teams showed no signs of
Air Force returned fire when quitting as the style of play gradusenior forward Scott Muir scored ally became more and more physiin the 25th minute.
cal. Numerous players on both
The Titans, who were deter- sides suffered minor injuries and
mined to not lose this game, struck were carried off the field.
back in the 32nd minute with a
With regulation ending in a 2-2
goal from junior
tie and overtime on
midfielder Arron
the way, the match
We were just sayCraggs - assisted
was reminiscent
by Alexander and
ing to each other
of the San Jose
senior midfielder
State game where
what we were
Yaron Shlomi.
the Titans blew a
[playing] for. This
During half2-0 lead and setis where you show
time, the Titans
tled for a tie. The
your heart.
gathered on the
Titans, however,
field in a huddle
had learned their
Amir Shafii
to remind each
lesson.
Fullerton Defender
other about the
“It was not ʻhere
determination
we go again.ʼ We
and heart that
were not going to
they needed to show in the second let it happen,” Shafii said.
half to come out on top.
Two minutes into overtime, the
“We were just saying to each Titans stuck the dagger into the
other what we were [playing] heart of Air Force as Craggs scored
for. This is where you show your the game-winning goal – his secheart,” said sophomore defender ond goal of the game - with an
Amir Shafii, who Mistri said was assist from senior forward Jose
beginning to stand out as a leader.
Barragan.
As if a balloon had popped, the
fans erupted and Titan players on
the sidelines rushed their teammates on the field, and in a split
second, an orange mountain had
formed on the green grass of Titan
Stadium.
“It feels good, itʼs good to win,”
a high-spirited Craggs said after
the game. “Itʼs been a long time
coming.”
On the other end, Falcon Head
Coach Lou Sagastume was upset,
not because he had lost to long
time friend Mistri and his team, but
because of the way the Falcons lost
the game.
“We played very well and we
shouldʼve won if it werenʼt for the
referee allowing the first goal,”
Sagastume said. “The guy was 10
yards off-sides.”
After reviewing game footage,
Alexander was indeed ahead of the
MATT PETIT/For the Daily Titan
defender, but no call was made.
The two coaches conversed afterFullerton midfielder Arron Craggs wards and Mistri was sympathetic
scored two goals, including the to his friendʼs protest, but said he
game-winner with 2:31 in overtime was not arguing either side.
to defeat Air Force Academy 3-2 in
“After coaching as long as I
a non-conference game Friday at have, Iʼve been on the receiving
Titan Stadium. The victory is the end and the giving end of calls like
first for Fullerton this season.
this,” Mistri said.

A capacity Las Vegas crowd of 4,074 wait in anticipation in the minutes leading up to the preseason game between the Colorado Avalanche and the
Los Angeles Kings at Grand Garden Arena in MGM Grand, Saturday. The Kings, who lost the game 2-1, open their season Oct. 5 at Dallas, TX.

Colorado Avalanche 2

When most
people go to
Las Vegas, they
spend their time
at nightclubs,
bars, casinos
or shows. On
the other hand,
I spent my first
Virginia Terzian
Vegas trip after
Daily Titan
turning 21 at the
Asst. Production Editor
MGM Grand
Garden Arena
watching my Los Angeles Kings
take on the Colorado Avalanche,
and I loved every minute of it
– well except for the little incident
in overtime, but weʼll just overlook
that for the moment.
Dressed in my 1994 Kings jersey, I marched along with my fellow Kings fans and stared down the
enemy, Avalanche fans.
Attending the NHL preseason
opener is a time-honored tradition
for many Kings fans – one that
consists of getting there early, buying bad seats up near the rafters
and enjoying the view from the top,
literally.
Sitting in the nosebleed section,
though not the greatest view, definitely has its advantages; one has
a chance to listen to the more
vocal fans scream out insults at one
another.
In each section, one is awarded a

designated loudmouth, a guy who
has had far too much to drink,
knows far too much about both
your team and the opponents, and
makes it a point to vocalize every
action taking place on the ice while
yelling out threats to enemy fans.
Preseason games for fans are the
time for true fans to reflect on past
season experience and prepare for
the future of there favorite team.
As any good sports fan knows the
preseason is the time when the
real fans come out. Bandwagon
fans donʼt arrive until the season
is half over and a winner is in the
forefront. The true fan is willing
to make the four-hour drive, and
invest in a jersey to attend a game,
which, in the big scheme of things,
wonʼt matter in the standings. The
true fans are the people who show
up in droves, carrying a bottle of
beer, and a black eye from a brawl
with the enemy earlier in the day.
They are the people who spout out
words like “Blake is a traitor,” or
“When was the last time you guys
won a Stanley Cup?”
And after losing an entire season
last year in what we call the lockout
from Hell, fans were very vocal
about their approval of the return
of the NHL at this yearʼs Frozen
Fury.
With this yearʼs game being held
in Las Vegas, just a state away for

b o t h
teams,
fans
showed up in large numbers to represent their teams and to
boo the enemy.
The animosity between the
Avalanche and Kings fans have
been around for years. Weʼre angry
with the Avalanche because defenseman Rob Blake, deserted the
Kings after being drafted by the
team in 1988. Avalanche fans are
angry with the Kings for years of
Kingsʼ victories in the early to mid
ʼ90s.
But my favorite moment at this
yearʼs Frozen Fury occurred when a
piece of the protective glass around
the rink got loose. As arena officials
tried to fix it, Kings center Jeremy
Roenick headed over and attempted to help speed up the repairs.
He then began dancing around the
ice to the music coming out of the
speakers, amusing fans and taking
their minds off of the 10-minute

delay.
This yearʼs game
started slow, with only one fight
and a 0-0 score, until the third period. But by the third period, things
got interesting.
Kings player Dustin Brown
scored the only Kings goal. But the
Kings didnʼt hold the lead for long.
Avalanche player Antti Laaksonen
scored minutes before the end of the
game. And then Avalanche forward
Vitaly Kolesnik scored the deciding goal as the Avalanche won 2-1.
While this Kingsʼ fan went home
with a hoarse throat from all the
yelling back and forth, squinting
just a bit too much because of her
nosebleed seats and definitely a
little bitter over the loss, she is also
looking forward to the start of the
2005-06 season. Go Kings, go!

VOLLEYBALL

but we stayed together.”
The Titans kept their composure and stayed in the game.
While working out their glitches,
Opeka and Sarah Morrison - the
two Titan seniors - stepped up big
in their attempt to get back into
the game. Morrison, who led the
Titans with 14 kills in the game,
ignited the Titans on a 27-18 run,
leading to the three game sweep
over the Matadors.
Friday night, the Titans played
host the University of the Pacific
Tigers (6-8). The Tigers, with
a 1-6 record before coming to
Fullerton, were looking to start Big
West Conference play on the right

foot. Instead, the Titans handed
them a loss in three consecutive
games, 30-25, 30-27, 30-22.
Fullerton out-hit the Tigers,
.269 to .181, and for the first time
ever, won its conference-opening
game.
The Titans hung on to a 26-25
lead in the later stages of game
one. Turning their fortune around
quickly by utilizing two Pacific
errors, The Titans pulled out the
victory.
Tigers senior Ashley Groothuis,
who had 19 kills, tried to keep her
team in the second game.
The Tigers took a 13-12 lead
over the Titans. The Titans retali-

ated by scoring 14 of the next 22
points en route to a 30-27 victory.
Game three was an entirely different story from the previous
two games with numerous scoring
runs. The Titans, led by Morrison
with 18 kills, started their run
jumping off to an 8-0 lead. The
Tigers responded by going on a
9-2 run of their own, pulling to
within one point of the Titans.
The Titans then retaliated with
yet another run, scoring 11 points
in a row and taking a commanding
23-11 lead over the Tigers. Titan
sophomore libero Vanessa Vella
helped in the winning cause with
26 digs.

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freshman Kayla Wright, who led
her team with 34 assists, started
off the game scoring quickly on
consecutive kills. Much like the
previous two games, however,
the Titans were able to catch the
Matadors, tying the contest up at
three a piece.
That is when the Titans went
flat and the Matadors went on
a tear, scoring six consecutive
points.
“They kept serving it strong,”
Hitzeman said. “They were tough,

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Women remain
hot on the road

Graduate
shines on
gridiron

Wilson, Patrick lead
team to 2-0 win over
Loyola Marymount

Point Made
American
football, as it
exists at USC
and on other
NCAA campuses throughout the nation,
is regarded as
a way of life
Laurens Ong
and a sport Cal
Daily Titan
State Fullerton
Asst. Sports Editor
fans may not
even remember ever existing on campus. Still,
when considering the single-best
athlete the Titan athletic program
has sent to the pro-ranks, former
CSUF football standout Damon
Allen has proven that he can thrive
in a league of his own.
When he was a Titan, Allen was
an athletic dynamo, establishing
his credentials in both football and
baseball. On the gridiron, the quarterback set seven single-season
records and won two football championships at Fullerton. In 1984, he
finished in the top-20 in Heisman
Trophy voting, the same year he
played on the National Champion
Fullerton baseball team.
Finishing his college career,
Allen found himself in the Canadian
Football League as a free agent.
Surprisingly, at 42, he continues to
excel as a professional player on
the football field when most his age
are on the golf course or collecting
their retirement checks.
Long after the college program
that produced him disbanded in
1991, Allen continues to work on
his craft in a professional football
league foreign to U.S.-based fans.
He has excelled in 2005, leading the Toronto Argonauts to a
7-5 record. On Sept. 10, he led the
Argonauts team to a 48-0 win over
the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
He completed 14 of 26 attempts,
passing for 247 yards and two
touchdowns in the game. For the
season, he has played in 11 games
and has thrown 22 touchdowns. He
has also rushed 49 times for 273
yards and one score.
Last season, the Argonauts
quarterback was named the Grey
Cup Championship Most Valuable
Player for the second time in his
legendary career. Allen passed for
299 yards, completing 23 of 34
passes, throwing a touchdown and
running for two more in a title
game his team would win 27-19
over the B.C. Lions.
While the CFL may not be up to
par with the NFL, Allen continues
to reach pro milestones. In 2003,
Allen became the third quarterback
to pass for 60,000 yards and is second all-time in pro football history.
He is the only quarterback in
CFL history to rush over 11,000
yards rushing and is fourth in the
league among all-time leading
rushers. In his time in the CFL,
Allen has played for six different
teams and made appearances in
four Grey Cup games, winning
three of them.
While collegial football as we
see it on Saturdays has since left
the consciousness of Titan sports
fans, Allen continues to build on
his illustrious career and hopefully
will be appreciated not only as a
CFL great, but also a Titan one.

the ranking get to us in any type of
negative way.”
It did not on Sunday. The Titansʼ
goalkeepers recorded their fourth
shutout of the season.
This was payback for the Titans
By JUAN ACEVES
after the Lions defeated them last
Daily TitanStaff
spring.
“LMU is a tough team. We
Five days after cracking the played them last spring and lost to
NSCAA/adidas Top 25 Poll, the No. them. Coming out and winning this
25 Cal State Fullerton Titans took game meant a lot,” forward Lauren
on the Loyola Marymount Lions, Cram said. “They have something
hoping to prove their ranking was to prove. Then again, we also have
something to prove.”
no fluke.
Brown gives total credit for the
Mission accomplished. Next goal:
Titansʼ hot start to the team itself.
NCAA tournament.
“To get off to the start that we
“This group is really focused on
our goal and our goal is to get into have is a credit to the girls. It is a lot
the tournament,” Fullerton Head of hard work,” Brown said. Weʼve
been on the road a lot. We have been
Coach Ali Khosroshahin said.
The Titans beat the Lions, 2-0, battling a lot of good teams.”
Although being ranked is nice,
to improve their record to 7-2-0
the Titans try to stay
and increase their
humble, defender
chances of makThis group is
Erica Janke said.
ing the tournaCram agreed.
ment.
really focused on
“We came out
After a scoreour goal, and our
knowing about the
less first half, the
goal is to get into
ranking, but that
Titans cruised
the [NCAA]
meant
nothing.
through the sectournament.
Our coach said we
ond half by scorhave targets on our
ing two goals
Ali Khosroshahin
backs. People want
on their way to
Fullerton Head Coach
to beat us,” Cram
another victory.
said. “We are still
F o r w a r d
going to play the
Kandace Wilson
scored the first goal of the match, way we usually play, whether or not
her fourth this season, in the 65th we are ranked.”
The win comes after a stretch of
minute. Midfielder Lauryn Welch
three straight road weekend series.
assisted with the goal.
The second goal was scored by The Titans have not played locally
forward Rebekah Patrick in the 82nd since their home-opening weekend
in August.
minute of the match.
“Weʼve been on the road the
“[LMU] has had a lot of tough
breaks. It was obvious today [LMU] last three weeks. Itʼs a lot of travis a solid team. They had a couple eling that we have been doing,”
of chances early, but we were able Khosroshahin said. “The time off
to slow them down,” Khosroshahin has given the team a break as well
an opportunity to catch up with
said.
Although the Lions are strug- other things in their lives.”
After their loss, the Lions now
gling, the Titans did not play down
have a record of 3-4-3. It was the
to their competition.
“By getting ranked, it sets a stan- Lionsʼ first defeat in a regulation
dard and gives other people extra game this season. The other three
motivation to play well against came in overtime.
The Titans will play the University
you,” Fullerton Assistant Coach
Demian Brown said. “Our mental- of Hawaii next on Thursday at Titan
ity never changed. We try not to let Stadium. The game starts at 7 p.m.

“

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Titans scrap for first win

”

Arron Craggsʼ two goals ground Air Force 3-2 in overtime

By HENRY TRUC
Daily Titan Copy Editor

Titan Stadium erupted with screams of elation
and relief as the Cal State Fullerton menʼs soccer
team scored the overtime goal against Air Force
Academy to obtain their ever-elusive first win of
the season, winning 3-2, Friday night.
The Titans finally unleashed their offense, which
had been struggling all season long.
“I thought that the guys, for the first time,

showed the heart you need to play the game,”
Fullerton Head Coach Al Mistri said. “Iʼm very
proud of them because it is very difficult to play on
the level we play at, which is the top of the line.”
In a very competitive match, both teams traded
blows – both metaphorically and literally – for
over 92 minutes. The Titans drew first blood when
senior midfielder Earl Alexander scored an unassisted goal - his first of the season – in the 10th
SOCCER

6

CSUF jumps to top of Big West
Fullerton beats Tigers,
Matadors 3-0 to open
conference schedule
By BELAL SIMJEE
Daily Titan Staff

The non-conferences matchesgames are over. Now the real
season has begun for Fullertonʼs

volleyball team.
The Titans (10-5, 2-0) let their
assertive style play out on their
home court Saturday night against
the Cal State Northridge Matadors
(3-10, 0-2).
The Titans swept the Matadors
in three straight games, 30-28, 3027 and 30-27.
Northridge came out ready
to play, keeping pace with the

Brittany Moore elevates above her teammates to attempt a spike in a
game at Titan Stadium last month. The Titans are 2-0 in conference play.

Titans in the first game. Neither
team could hold a sustainable run
or take a lead larger than four
points.
“We went with some match-ups
that we thought would work in
our favor,” Fullerton Head Coach
Carolyn Zimmerman said. “We
werenʼt surprised how they came
out and played.”
Down the stretch of the first
game, the Titans put the Matadors
away, while the Fullerton fans
stood up cheering the players on.
The Titans attacked quickly in
the second game. Titans senior
Alyssa Opeka scored the first
three points on three consecutive
kills for Fullerton.
Much like the first game, the
Matadors came close to victory by
going on a 6-3 run, keeping right
on the heels of the Titans with
back and forth play.
A lack of communication by
the Titans allowed for a shot to
drop in between three players.
Northridge took advantage of its
opportunities and kept it close.
“We tried to establish a
rhythm,” Zimmerman said. “We
had a lot of unforced errors, so
[the Matadors] were able to play
well and keep up.”
Following a timeout, the
Matadors played well to take the
lead in the latter stages of the
game. However, the Titans were
able to pull together.
“It was a team effort,” Opeka
said. “We stuck together and
played well.”
The Titans did not take that
momentum into the beginning of
the third game, though. Matadorsʼ
VOLLEYBALL 6

Angels streak bedeviled

Loss to Devil Rays is
first in nine games for
Halos, still lead West
The Associated Press

Their winning streak over, the
Los Angeles Angels still go to
Oakland with a nice cushion over
the Athletics in the AL West.
Tampa Bay stopped the Angelsʼ
win string at eight with an 84 victory Sunday, when Jorge
Cantu and Aubrey Huff homered
on consecutive pitches from Los

Angeles ace Bartolo Colon. Mark
Hendrickson pitched eight solid
innings to win his seventh consecutive decision.
The Angels open a crucial fourgame series Monday night against
the second-place Athletics, who
are four games back after losing
6-2 to Texas on Sunday night.
“You like to have a lead going
into a big series, but thereʼs no
coasting, no getting help from
other teams,” Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said. “Thereʼs
not going to be any backing into
the playoffs, and thatʼs the way it
should be.

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Letters to the Editor
On school spirit:
Dear Editor,
I am writing in regards to Jeff
Klimaʼs column entitled “Titans
donʼt smell like school spirit”
[published Sept. 21, 2005].
First and foremost, this piece
should not even be graced with
the title of a column because a
column implies that the writing
within it is going to be objective
and well thought out.
In reading the title of this
piece, I expected Jeff to surprise
me and have a plan to raise the

On the Iraq War:
Dear Editor,
I believe that students are
disinterested or not supporting
the Iraq War because history
is repeating itself. Itʼs ironic
that the leaders of our country
today were our age during the
Vietnam conflict.
I support our servicemen and
women who are currently in the
theater of operations. If anyone
believes I do not support the
troops because I do not support
this war, he is incorrect. During
both the first Iraq War and the
current conflict, my father – a

level of spirit on this campus.
I understand that Jeff is using
a porno analogy as a way to
show that extreme measures
need to be taken to get Cal
State Fullerton students to have
school spirit.
But honestly, was a porno the
best Jeff could come up with?
It is common knowledge that
sex sells, but a campus-wide
porno is the dumbest idea ever
to be printed in this newspaper.
With that said, I challenge
Jeff to come up with a new
“spirit” plan – just to see if a
hint of intelligence resides in

Marine reservist – was active
both times. And today, my cousin is a Marine. I support their
patriotic duty to our country.
How many people who support
the war actually have a family
member or close friend that is
in the military? I think itʼs not
until you are in this scenario
do you actually know how a
military conflict affects you and
your way of thinking.
I also find it hypocritical that
President Bush started another
generationʼs war without serving in his generationʼs war.
Oh, I forgot he was in the Air
National Guard. I would say
that is considered serving your

his body.
If he cannot rise
to my challenge,
then I suggest
that the editorial staff replace
his column space
with more pictures or
cartoons, because at this
point, a cartoon would be
taken more seriously than this
poor excuse of a reporter.

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High times at Cal State Fullerton
Letʼs face it. Cal State
Fullerton isnʼt Harvard. It isnʼt
even UCLA.
We donʼt boast an average
GPA of 3.9, nor do we have a
world-renowned chess club or
even a string of fraternity mansions. We donʼt even have an
existent football team.
The school scrapes by on a
quickly disintegrating state budget – subsidized in small part by
generous donors (thanks, by the
way) – and does pretty well.
While CSUF may not be
a household name outside
Southern California, it still
offers more than any “big name”
or private school ever could.
After all, CSUF has become a
foundation in Orange Countyʼs
economy. For example, we help
bring in nearly three times as
much revenue as every dollar
California spends on the campus community.
Students at Ivy League
schools sit in classrooms, talking theory about how to implement change while graduates at
CSUF are working to actually
implement change.

Jackie Kimmel, CSUF
sophomore
Communications major

country, but when your father
is then-Congressman George
Bush, I believe his father pulled
a few strings. Furthermore, I
do not understand some of our
fellow Americans. They mention how President Bush
is a Christian man and
how he is the epitome
of morality. Yet if he
is so Christian, should
he not have used diplomacy with Iraq?

Paul Perez, CSUF senior
Comparative religion
major

Monday, September 26, 2005 5

Upon graduation, Titans are
better prepared with more practical experience than our sometimes-pompous counterparts
graduating from so-called superior universities.
The school boasts a campus
where minority students are the
majority – they make up 66
percent of the student population – and has a reputation for
awarding bachelorʼs degrees to
black and Hispanic students –
No. 6 in the nation, according to
several education magazines.
In addition, CSUF welcomes
women learners; 60 percent
of the campus is made up of
female students.
And who better to teach our
collegial melting pot than our
faculty, which consists of professionals, many of whom have
ventured beyond the confines of
academia to gain real workforce
experience?
Instead of becoming slaves to
the private-school mentality by
allowing fellow college students
to scoff at the CSUF name,
letʼs highlight the ways we rise
above the academically elite.

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As a person who has worked in a
restaurant for over five years, I have
seen my share of annoying diners.
In fact, the Orange County Register
recently reported that about half of
Americans have worked in the food
service industry at some point in
their lives.
I have, after a few especially irritating nights, composed a list of the
top 10 things you should be aware
of when you eat out:
1. If you attend a restaurant on a
busy night, be aware of how long
you stay. Try to move to the bar
or patio area if you are planning
to just hang out. This will allow
servers to have another table. If you
want to stay, leave a little extra for
servers to make up for the money
they would have made had you left
sooner.
2. If you are ever one of the last
customers in the place and you
want to stay a little longer, make
sure you pay the bill. Chances are
the server is just waiting for you to

pay so that she can go home. You
can still hang out after you pay, but
at least she can leave. Many of us
have to wake up early the next day
for school or our other jobs.
3. Donʼt be rude and talk through
the special. If youʼll eventually ask,
“Do you have any specials?” and
look like an ass, you force us to
repeat something that we have to
say 30 times a night.
4. If you are too young or too poor
to attend a nice restaurant, go somewhere thatʼs in your price range.
Donʼt skimp on the tip instead.
5. Know that if you split a meal
and just order water, you are more
than likely going to get bad service.
Iʼm sorry, but itʼs true – especially
if itʼs a really nice place.
6. Donʼt ever snap your fingers
at us unless you want a glass of red
wine “accidentally” spilled on you.
Oops.
7. If you have a question, ask. We
are usually happy to help. However,
donʼt waste our time by asking stupid questions such as, “Where are
your coffee beans grown?”
On a busy night, the last thing
we want to do is run around try-

ing to answer your lame questions.
You may have nothing else to think
about – but trust me – we do.
8. Still tip 15 percent even if your
bill comes out to, say, $47.99. Donʼt
be an idiot and just round it to make
an even $50. Youʼre not balancing
a checkbook; youʼre helping us pay
our bills.
9. Donʼt tip less because your
food wasnʼt that great. Servers have
no control over how your food
tastes, especially if you never tell
us. Remember: The tip is for the
service, not the food.
10. And most importantly, never
“dine and dash.” Walking out without paying seems harmless, right?
The only one that loses is the big
corporation, right? No!
If you walk out, I pay for your
meal out of my tips. Waiters are
people who usually work two jobs,
support families, or pay for school.
And usually, we canʼt even afford to
go out to eat ourselves.
Imagine how we feel when we
have to pay for a meal that we
didnʼt even get to eat. Think of that
the next time you are contemplating
not paying.